Tag: writing

  • Emptiness

     Photo by kyo azuma on Unsplash  The hallways were silent as I walked toward the exit. I knew I should have left earlier, but I had been hoping Alex would show up. He was the only reason I had even come, but I was beginning to believe he would never live up to any of the promises he…

  • Underwater

    Photo by NEOM on Unsplash  I knew what the problem was and the problem was Eric wanted to spend his weekends underwater. I hated the water. Unless I could see everything around me, but even then I didn’t particularly enjoy being submerged. There were too many unknown objects and unknown species in the ocean. Although I loved watched…

  • Uncharted Territory

    Photo by NEOM on Unsplash  Almost There  “Are we almost there?”  Melissa said in a hoarse whisper.  I could almost feel her body shaking through my seat.  “If you ask me one more time, I will stop this car and we will walk.  You will walk.  I don’t know what else I can say for you to stop…

  • Peace and Quiet

    Photo by Brianna Marble on Unsplash  I knew I was in for a wild weekend when the snow started falling.  I was naturally cold all the time, but loved cold weather more than hot.  There was some kind of magic associated with the snow I couldn’t always find when I went to the beach.  I…

  • Escape

    I always wanted to figure my life out, but I never knew how.  I stared at the television and wondered where to go and what to do next as if I was waiting for the characters to tell me what would come my way.  I knew what I needed, but was stuck on how to get…

  • The Graduation

    Everyone always told me it was just a job.  That I shouldn’t worry about it.  That I shouldn’t take anything home with me.  But they didn’t know what it was really like at home. If I didn’t take work home, I would lose my mind. The house was too quiet, too lonely and too open…

  • Community

    All I wanted growing up was to be a part of a community.  I just wanted to have friends.  My parents seemed to have different thoughts on how I should live my life.  I went to school.  Came home from school.  Was expected to be quiet and stay out of their way.  With so much…

  • Confetti

    When the show finally ended, I wasn’t sure if I was elated or let down. After hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours of preparation, I was left sitting alone in an empty venue surrounded only by empty plastic cups and piles of confetti. I thought the entire show would smell like perfume and flowers,…

  • Freedom

    “I’m free!!” As I ran out the front door of the building, I started immediately screaming with excitement, but my excitement quickly turned into hysterical sobbing. I knew my coworkers were watching me through their office windows, but I didn’t care. Most of them were the reason I was leaving and the reason I was…

  • Fireworks

    PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz  I knew the concert was going to be spectacular, I just wished I had been prepared for the fireworks. As the literal fireworks exploded over the stage, the fireworks directly in front of me were almost more distracting. The man was about to completely lose his mind over the fact…